Dawid Minnaar
(1956-) Bilingual (Afrikaans/English) actor for stage, radio, TV and film.
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Biography
Born in Upington in the Northern Cape, the youngest of 5 children, and grew up on the family farm Rooidam, Namibia and went to primary school in Bethanie.
Training
He completed a B.A at the University of Stellenbosch, Department of Drama , and a B.A. Honours degree in Drama at the University of Cape Town.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Stage roles
His stage career started in the 1980s and by the 1990s he was one of the leading bilingual performers in the country.
Performances include Snoopy!!! (CAPAB, 1983); Diepe Grond (Market Theatre and Baxter Theatre, 1985 and 1986); Not About Heroes, (Volute Productions at the Baxter Theatre and Upstairs at the Market, 1986); Whale Nation (The Black Sun and the Whale Well, 1989); Nag, Generaal (Market Theatre, 1989); Speed-the-Plow (Upstairs at the Market, 1990); Faustus in Africa (Market Theatre and Grahamstown Festival 1995), Ubu and the Truth Commission (Grahamstown Festival 1997, international tour 2014); Boklied (KKNK, 1999?*); Boetman is die bliksem in! [“Boetman is the Hell In”] (Aardklop festival 2000); Die Toneelstuk (KKNK, 2001); Confessions of Zeno (Spier Amphitheatre, 2003); Romeo and Julia (Vleis, Rys, en Aartappels , 2005), Macbeth.slapeloos (Aardklop and KKNK, 2013-2015).
Also Kafka Dances, Scenes from an Execution, Ek, Anna van Wyk
Film roles
His film debut was in Fiela se Kind (1988) and was followed by Kringe in die Bos [“Circles in the Forest”, 198*), Die Wonderwerker (2013);
Television roles
Konings, Sewende Laan (SABC TV2, 2000-2001); Amalia, Binneland (.
Sources
Tucker, 1997
Die Burger 20 Sept 2013.
Schalk Schoombie, Ek vaar die onbekende in", in Sarie, February, 2014, pp25-27.
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